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VA benefits for service members

 

If you're serving on active duty in the United States uniformed services, including active National Guard and Reserve with federal pay, you may be eligible for VA benefits both during service and after separation or retirement. If you're a traditional or technical member of the National Guard and Reserve, you may also be eligible for some VA benefits. Find out which benefits you may qualify for—and when to apply. You'll also learn about these benefits in your required Transition Assistance Program (TAP) briefing.

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VA benefits you can use during and after service

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●     GI Bill and other education benefits

Find out if you qualify for VA education benefits to help pay for school or training. If you qualify for the Post-9/11 GI Bill, learn how to transfer your unused benefits to your spouse or dependent children.
Open to service members and Veterans (active duty, Guard, and Reserve)

●     Certificate of Eligibility for a VA-backed home loan

Review the requirements for getting a Certificate of Eligibility (COE) to buy, build, improve, or refinance a home.
Open to service members and Veterans (active duty, Guard, and Reserve)

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●      Life insurance for you and your family

Find out if you qualify for and how to manage your SGLI coverage, and learn about coverage options for you and your family after separation or retirement.
Open to service members and Veterans (active duty, Guard, and Reserve)

 

Time-sensitive VA benefits to consider when separating or retiring

 

●      Pre-discharge disability claim

If you have an illness or injury that you believe was caused—or made worse—by your service, learn how to file a disability claim through the Benefits Delivery at Discharge program. This may help speed up your claim so you can get your benefits sooner. You'll need to file 180 to 90 days before separation.
Open to active-duty service members (including active-duty Guard members and Reservists)

  • Converting your life insurance after separation
    Find out how to convert your SGLI coverage to a Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI) or commercial policy. Learn about other options for coverage if you have service-connected disabilities. In some cases, you must act within 120 days of separation to ensure no lapse in coverage.
    Open to service members and Veterans (active duty, Guard, and Reserve)

  • Educational and career counseling
    Get support transitioning to a civilian career with free educational and career counseling. You can use this benefit if you're leaving active service soon, have been discharged within the past year, or are a Veteran or dependent who is eligible for VA education benefits.
    Open to active-duty service members and Veterans only

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  • Active-duty service members and VA health care
    Learn about your health care options after separation or retirement and how to apply for VA health care when you receive your separation or retirement orders. If you're a combat Veteran, apply right away to take advantage of 5 years of enhanced eligibility.
    Open to active-duty service members and Veterans only

  • Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E)
    If you have a service-connected disability that limits your ability to work or prevents you from working, find out how to apply for VR&E services. You can apply up to 12 years from when you receive your notice of separation or your first VA disability rating.
    Open to service members and Veterans (active duty, Guard, and Reserve)

  • Disability housing grants
    If you have a service-connected disability, find out how to apply for a housing grant to make changes to your home so you can live more independently.
    Open to Veterans (active duty, Guard, and Reserve)

  • More life insurance options
    Explore life insurance coverage options and services for you and your family, and manage your policy online.
    Open to Veterans (active duty, Guard, and Reserve)

  ●   Pre-need eligibility determination for burial in a VA national cemetery

Apply for a pre-need eligibility decision letter to confirm that you qualify for burial in a VA national cemetery. This can help you pre-plan, and it can make the process easier for your family members in their time of need.
Open to active-duty Veterans only

 

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Get career and employment assistance

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●   About Veteran Readiness and Employment (Chapter 31) tracks

Explore support-and-services program tracks for Veterans and service members with service-connected disabilities. Our tracks can help you learn new skills, find a new job, start a new business, get educational counseling, or return to your former job.

  • Eligibility
    If you have a service-connected disability that limits your ability to work or prevents you from working, find out if you're eligible for vocational rehab.

  • How to apply
    Get step-by-step instructions on how to apply for vocational rehab benefits.

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●     Support for dependent family members

Find out if you're eligible for educational and career counseling as the dependent spouse or child of a Veteran or service member.

 

Manage your career

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●      VA transition assistance

As you separate from the military, explore your career options by attending a Transition Assistance Program (TAP) briefing.​

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   ●  Check your VA claim status
        Find out where your claim, decision review or appeal is in our process. Check your status online.

 

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More information and resources

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  ●   Subsistence allowance rates

Check the current subsistence allowance rates to find out the amount we'll provide to help you pay for basic needs (like food and clothing) if you're an eligible Veteran participating in the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) program.

   ●  Resources for family members

Access valuable career resources for spouses and other family members of Veterans and service members.

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Get VA life insurance

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  ●   About VA insurance options and eligibility
        Find out which life insurance plans you may qualify for—and the benefits you’ll receive with each plan.

  ●   Beneficiary financial counseling and online will preparation

If you're enrolled in a VA life insurance plan, find out if you can get free financial planning and online will preparation services.

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Manage your policy and benefits

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  ●    Access your policy online

Find out how to check your policy's status, update your information, or pay your premium online.

  • Update your beneficiaries
    Keep the information up to date about who you want to receive your insurance proceeds. This will make it easier for your family members to file a claim in their time of need.

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   ●  Search for unclaimed insurance fund

If you think we may owe you funds from a VA insurance policy, search our unclaimed funds records by the qualifying Veteran's name.

 

More information and resources

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  ●    Deciding how much life insurance to get

Use our life insurance needs calculator to help decide how much life insurance you need.

   ●  Special dividend rumors

Learn the truth about the rumors that there are special dividends for Veterans who don't have an active government life insurance policy.

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Other VA benefits and services

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Get help planning a burial, order a headstone or other memorial item, and apply for survivor and dependent benefits.

Find out if you're eligible for tax-free monthly payments as a wartime Veteran or surviving spouse or child.

Find out how to apply for and manage your VA health care benefits.

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Benefits for spouses, dependents, and survivors

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  ●     Health care

Find out if you may qualify for health care through our CHAMPVA program, the Department of Defense's TRICARE program, or one of our programs related to a Veteran's service-connected disability. If you already have health care through VA, learn how to manage your health and benefits.
For spouse, dependent child, surviving spouse, surviving child

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  • Education and training
    Find out if you may be eligible for help paying for school or job training through our Survivors' and Dependents' Education Assistance Program (also called Chapter 35) or the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship. And learn about how a Veteran may transfer their unused Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to you.
    For spouse, dependent child, surviving spouse, surviving child

  • Employment
    Find out how to get free educational and career counseling if you're a dependent family member who is eligible for VA education benefits.
    For spouse, dependent child

  • Home loan programs or financial counseling
    Apply for a Certificate of Eligibility (COE) for VA home loan programs to buy, build, repair, or refinance a home. Or, if you're having trouble making mortgage payments on a VA-backed loan, get help to avoid foreclosure and keep your house.
    For surviving spouse

  • Life insurance options, claims, and beneficiary assistance
    Learn how to apply for Family Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (FSGLI) coverage, explore other coverage options, and manage an existing policy. If you're the beneficiary of a Veteran's or service member's policy, find out how to get free financial advice and will preparation services.
    For spouse, dependent child, surviving spouse, surviving child

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  • Pre-need eligibility determination for burial in a VA national cemetery
    Apply in advance for eligiblity to be buried in a VA national cemetery. This can help you plan ahead to make the burial process easier for your family in their time of need.
    For spouse, dependent child, surviving spouse, surviving child

  • Burial benefits and memorial items
    Get step-by-step guidance on how to plan a burial in a VA national cemetery, or in a state or tribal government Veterans cemetery. You can also apply for help paying for burial costs, request memorial items, and learn about bereavement (grief) counseling and transition support.
    For surviving spouse, surviving child, surviving parent

  • Survivors Pension
    If you're the surviving spouse or child of a Veteran with wartime service, find out if you're eligible for monthly pension benefits.
    For surviving spouse, surviving child

   ●  Compensation for surviving spouse and dependents (DIC)

If you’re the surviving spouse, child, or parent of a service member who died in the line of duty, or the survivor of a Veteran who died from a service-related injury or illness, find out how to apply for this tax-free monetary benefit.
For surviving spouse, surviving child, surviving parent

 

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Support and services for caregivers of Veterans

 

  ●    The Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers

Learn more about eligibility for this program and how to apply. The program offers support and services for family caregivers of eligible Veterans who were seriously injured in the line of duty during certain time periods and meet other eligibility requirements.

  ●    The Program of General Caregiver Support Services

Find out how to get resources, education, and support available to caregivers of eligible Veterans from all eras. For this program, the Veteran doesn't need to have a service-connected condition, for which the caregiver is needed, and may have served during any era. We don't require a formal application for this program.

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More resources for those supporting a Veteran or service member

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  ●    VA Fiduciary Program

Find out how to apply to become a fiduciary who manages benefits for a Veteran who can't manage their financial affairs because of injury, health conditions, or age.

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  • Fisher House Program
    Learn about free, temporary accommodations where you can stay to be near a Veteran or active-duty service member who's receiving treatment in a VA health facility far from home.

  ●  Coaching into Care

Connect with a licensed psychologist or social worker for guidance on how to support a Veteran who's readjusting to civilian life, dealing with mental health problems, or wanting to find services through VA or the community.

 

Help a Veteran find benefits

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  ●    VA health care for Veterans

Health care benefits and online health management tools for Veterans with service-connected disabilities or who meet other eligibility requirements

  ●    Disability compensation

Monthly payments and online benefit management tools for conditions related to military service

  ●    Veterans Pension

Monthly payments for wartime Veterans with limited or no income who meet certain age and disability requirements

  ●    Housing assistance for Veterans and service members

Home loan programs for Veterans and service members, and disability housing grants to help Veterans with service-connected disabilities make changes to their home so they can live as independently as possible

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  ●    Life insurance

Life insurance options and online policy management tools for Veterans and their families

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Get VA home loan benefits

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  ●   About VA home loan types

Learn how VA direct and VA-backed home loans work—and find out which loan type may be right for you.

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   ●  Guidance on natural disasters

Find out how to get help if you have a VA direct or VA-backed home loan or Specially Adapted Housing grant and your home was damaged by a natural disaster.

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Get Veterans housing assistance grants

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  ●   About disability housing grants for Veterans

Find out how to apply for a housing grant as a Veteran or service member with a service-connected disability.

  ●   Request a decision review or manage a legacy appeal

If you disagree with a decision on your application for housing assistance grants, you can request a decision review. You can also manage any review requests or appeals you already filed.

 

 

Get GI Bill® and other education benefits

 

  ●   About GI Bill benefits

Learn how the GI Bill works and explore your options to pay for school or training.

  • Eligibility
    Find out if you're eligible for GI Bill or other VA education benefits.

  • How to apply
    Learn how to prepare and apply for the GI Bill or other VA education and training benefits.

  • After you apply
    Find out when to expect a decision from us on your application and what to do next.

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   ●  Other educational assistance programs

Find out if you're eligible for programs that provide added GI Bill benefits. If you're not eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill, learn about other VA education benefit programs for Veterans and National Guard or Reserve members.

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Manage your Veterans education benefits

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  ●   View your VA payment history

See your payment history for VA education and other benefits you may have like disability compensation and pension.

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   ●  Apply to restore your GI Bill benefits

If your school closed or your program ended because of a change in VA regulations or a new law, apply to have your GI Bill benefits restored.

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More information and resources

 

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  ●   GI Bill Comparison Tool
       Learn about VA education benefits programs and compare GI Bill benefits by school.

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  ●  Other helpful education resources

Get links to non-VA resources and websites that may be useful to student Veterans and those who support them.

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Get VA disability compensation (pay)

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  ●  Eligibility

Find out if you’re eligible for VA disability benefits for a presumptive disability or other service-           connected condition.

  ●  Compensation benefits for a surviving spouse and dependents (VA DIC)
      Learn about getting VA disability benefits as a surviving spouse, dependent child, or parent.

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Manage your Veterans disability benefits

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  ●  Check your VA claim or appeal status
      Track the status of your disability claim or appeal.

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  ●  View your VA disability payments history

Check the status of your VA disability and pension payments. You can also see certain survivor         benefits.

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More information and resources

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  ●   About VA disability ratings
       Learn how we assign disability ratings and effective dates, and what to do after you get your              rating.

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  ●  Get help filing a claim

Connect with a Veterans Service Organization (VSO) or accredited Veterans representative for help applying for benefits.

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Get your records and documents

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  ●   Get Veteran ID cards

Find out how to get different types of identification cards to show your military status or your              enrollment in VA health care.

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  • View your VA payment history
    Check the status of your VA disability, pension, and education benefits payments. You can also see payments for certain survivor benefits.

  ●  Search historical military records (National Archives)

Visit the National Archives website to research military records from the Revolutionary War to the present.

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